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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-22
THE GOVERNMENT OF CITIES.

The May Century editorially and by
correspondence discusses the ques-
ton of the government of great cities,
and the failure of the present
method. As a remedy, John D. Cut
Ter, New York merchant, in an
open letter, proposes government
by guilds. He would have males Of
lawful age grouped into 100 guilds,
more or less" and each of these
from their own number should
choose two or three members
of the City Council. These
should choose the mayor, with full
power to appoint and remove heads
of departments" The editor of the
Century, commenting on this plan,
quotes the German PHILOSOPHER,
Herman Lotze, who says Such
combinations, representing partly the
most important callings agriculture,
manufactures, commerce, art and
science), partly the special local
interests Of different districts, would
form the true whites, the repre-
seutatives of which, by equllibra-
ton of the interests of each, would
cover the wants of the whole. But
this plan leaves out wholly the largest
and most important interest Of all,
viz: that of the house mothers, the
home and family interest. Natural
ly, the home makers are on the side
of good government, because only
under good government is their
chief interest, the home, safe.
The temptations which beset
other classes are absent from
this. The children are its chief
treasure. 1t is for their safety that
each mother thinks, first, and last,
and all the time. To omit this class
from a place of power in the govern
ment Of cities is to leave out the
only one that can always be depended
on to stand especially for those
things on which the peace and the
good Of society depends. Wendell
Phillips said, more than thirty years
ago: woman suffrage has much to
to do with government Of great
cities 1t is too late in the day to
ignore or count out women when a
radical improvement is sought In
municipal governments. The result
in Kansas is just in time to call the
attention of earnest and thoughtful
men to the new power that is ready
and able to help. LUCY STONE.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-22
THE cay OF ONIA.

The Egypt Exploration fund in
England is being well spent aud
promises to yield brilliant results,
The Identification last year of the
site OF Pithom Rameses is now fol-
lowed by the discovery of the city of
Onia, founded by the High Priest
Onias, who fed to Egypt from Syria
Mt the time of the persecution of the
Jews by Antiochus Epiphanes,
Josephus describes how 0nias OBJ
tanned from Ptolemy Philometor
permission to occupy the site Of a
deserted city aud temple there, ITO
build temple to Almighty God
after the pattern of that in
j Jerusalem" SO that the prophecy
Isaiah xix, l9) might be fulfilled,
an that day shall there be an altar
to the Lord in the midst OF the land
OF Egypt" The site Of the city Onia
was more than forty years ago sug-
Sested by the late Sir Gardner Viii.
kinsou to be identical with that of
Tel oil Yehoodiyeh, "The Mound Of
the Jews" about twenty-five miles
northeast Of Cairo. This conjecture
has received confirmation during the
last few years, and is now abundautly
proved to have been remarkably well
founded by recent excavations con-
Quoted by Mr.. Naville on behalf OF
the Egyptian Exploration Fund.
Truly the stone crieth out of the
WALL
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-22
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL.-SUNDAY, MAY g. 1887.

are most unpleasantly muddy, which
is charged to the untidy habits OF the
Missouri and other careless daughters
that lose themselves in the mighty
Mississippi. The river, besides its
muddy waters, has other peculiari-
ties. There are constantly recurring
bends or elbows which make the
length Of the river to New Orleans
nearly double the air line distance.
These bends are constantly being cut
off by the force Of the waters and the
channel OF the river therefore fire.
quently changes, so that town upon
lbs bank may suddenly be left mile
or more distant from its water priv
ileges.
Alter the Commission closed its
investigations at Memphis the mem
bers proceeded from that city to
their various homes for weeks
rest and to meet again at Washing
ton on the 10th instant. The Judge
came home from Memphis by the
way OF Louisville and Cincinnati and
thence over the Pennsylvania rail
road to New York City. He said
that the lands through which he
passed in Kentucky we're as beauti-
full and fertile as can he found any
where in this country. The journey
from Cincinnati through Columbus,
o., and thence through Pennsyl-
vania, was most picturesque and in.
teresting. The beautifully cultivated
farms and pretty and comfortable
residences all along the line of the
road to Philadelphia are very at
tractiye, and inspire one with the
exceeding thrift, enterprise and good
taste Of the people.
Judge Schoonmaker, in answer to
a final question from the reporter as
to his general impression of the
South, replied that one is every
where impressed at the South with
the unmistakable indications of en-
terprise and growing prosperity, and
that there could be no doubt but
that in a few years the South will
become one Of the most prosperous
and thoroughly developed, as we'll al
one of the strongest, portions OF ouT
country.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-22

opinion. For what, ate all, is more
delightful than to seat ones sell on a
comfortable cushion, to rest luxuri-
riously back against an easy support,
and then to be elegantly transported
through scenes of beauty by an sx-
cellent creature of the equine species,
an unceasing laborer who. never
thinks Of striking" Indeed, with
some cruel masters the striking is
often on the other side.) All, yes a
drive iIa great pleasure, especially
when, as now, nature is bedecked
with all the sweetest charms, the air
redolent with luscious perfume, and
every aspect and every sensation is Of
undoubted Joy.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-22
BURIED ALIVE.

The worlds full of horrors, but there
is no more horrifying thought than
that of being buried alive. A case
is reported of the apparent death of
a Mr.. oyer from apoplexy, while at
tending church meeting at Boone
vile, Ind. The body was hurriedly
placed in q coffin and shipped to
Cincinnati. At that place the coffin
was opened and the body was found
turned on its face, with the
shroud torn, and other indications
that the unfortunate man had re-
vived after he bad been placed in
the coffin and, after vain struggle
tor release, had died from suffoca-
ton. Happily such cases are rare,
and occur far less frequently than is
popularity supposed. Indeed, it may
be doubted whether one in ten of
such reported cases are true. Even
when such cases occur scientific men
say that the suffering is momentary.
Yet, in that moment, may be con-
oentrated the unspeakable agony of
lifetime. There is no excuse for
such terrible blunder. No human
body should be sealed in a coffin
until death is absolutely certain.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-22

Urasslanubi secretary whitney
place, as the properties face each
other, only separated by rustic Wood
ly lane. Already the light hearted
wife Of the Secretary has begun her
charming series of receptions at
Grasslands, and as lovely scene,
probably, as the sun often shines
upon is one of these lawn ietes at
Grasslands, where beautiful women
and fine looking men are gathered
upon the verdant uplands surround
ing the substantial mansion, playing
lawn tennis, chatting, flirting, and
truth compels me to add-eatiDg!
A wise philosopher was that poet
who said:
We n live without lOvel What is passion
But where is the man who can live without
diningp
great men that are here-diplomats,
Cabinet officers, Senators, Congress-
men, and rapturously lovely women,
as various in nationality as the fas-
cinating creatures Don Juan fell in
love with, English, American, Ital-
ian, French, German, Spanish, but
when 5 o'clock tea is served on little
round tables on the lawn it is mar
velous to observe with what wonder
full international appetites they all
tall to, illustrating the truth of the
old adage that "one touch of nature
makes the whole world kim"
But one heroine there is who seems
to have the power to preserve her
poetic individuality unimpaired
through all the varied scenes sin
which it is her distinguished fate to
move. Ever pallid as the Gala lily,
ever upright as the slender stalk
which sustains that ivory flower. the
young mistress of the White House
maintains her gracious dignity in
every circumstance and with unfal-
tering sweetness bears her crowding
honors like queen.
BY the way, Nine. Patti and Mrs.
Cleveland exchanged pictures and
autographs while the great artist was
here. The prima donna was very
much struck with the beauty of the
Presidents bride, for though they
did not meet Mrs. Cleveland occu-
pied a box when Nine. Patti sang
"Traviata," and her beauty made a
deep impression on the great singer.
"She is charming, and shall re-
gard her picture as very precious
gift. When | return home shall
show it to all my friends, for her face
is not only the most charming ideali-
cation of naivete, but is one that is
dear to great nation"
A few days later Nine. Patti went
driving out to the very Woody lane
have been speaking of, and she re-
turned by moonlight. The evening
was exceptionally beautiful, and the
party was driven slowly through the
fragrant woods and among the beau
tiful hills silvered by the moon. In
speaking of the drive Nine. Patti
praised enthusiastically the beauties
of the Washington suburbs, which
she thought very charming for sum-
mer residences if only they were not
so hot.
when we drove through Woody
park road" she said, "the others in
the carriage wanted me to talk, but
| would not, for l felt that l could
better receive the impressions from
the beautiful scene if remained
silent. The moonlight was SO soft
the woods so still"
Nine. Patti certainly ought to be
an expert on scenery, and her testi-
mony on this point is valuable back.
ing for the good taste which placed
the Presidents summer house on
Woody lane. OLIVE LOGAN.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-22
THE QUEENS JUBILEE.

Andraw Carnagio IL annaars ia
u SeN, ~ appoaiJ1' 20
not the only Scotchman opposed TO
tho tribute heinp levied nv the nro-
ota.ot,L 49, Trb;Ioo H.
no'eie VI ono Suo0u y S TDiioo' I ~ :,
IL chipping from the Ulasg0W MIit
of Nav 9th.
a IauS tspped AT my humpie door.
NOV nah ny worked ior SIX week. or more
ana M children consume y OF oreadi
had little money! troubled head
HOW 10 fIighten the Wolt away
now my honest debts 10 pays
On the sea OF Iiie, dangerous tide'
NY soroly -shatter' d thip 70 guide.
NY brain was weary, my neart was sore
when q lady tapped ~ my hum 10 doof.
IL is hard Tor you, II is hard Tor me,
IL Is hard Tor tho VIE ana her children
ia "a, h., nooL., Won "a.
Sk.I III ~, e. nv oia'tays INT SGH'
nnu s"ot' VS' ", "Vi ~~os" s'N'"'e'
The lsdy stood and smiled at the door;
Her Maiesty wishes statue more
VI he late Prince Consoft, Albert the dood'
70 comfort he In her widowhood.
Ihoqsh she has estates and riches immense'
She hunEers still fer her subject pence,
While We struggle and strive, and starve,
alasl
She cries out Ter statue. Of iron and brass;
And is9kod a. the empty, hrele's crate,
while l thought Of the rich man at heavens
gate,
II hard for you, II Is hard for me,
1t is hard for the wife and her children
three,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-22
THE NIGHT MIST.

All the night long the gray, EN- attracting mist
Has held in tender arms the tire world;
The sleepy river It's soft lips have kissed,
And over hills and meadows it has curled'
It's white, cool q niger it has gently. placed
On wears stretches Of deep. drifting sand /;
The noisy city and the far of waste
Have felt the benediction of its hand.
The drowsy world rolls on toward the day;,
The fresh, sweet wind Of morning softly
blows;
The willing mist no longer now may stay;
With hrst expectancy. Of dawn Y goes
Muu
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-22
VIVA, Mrs. Brown Thought.

New York Sun: where have you
been2" asked Mrs. Brown, at the
theater, of Mr.. B., Just out between
the acts.
"Oh, Just out to see a man" replied
Brown.
when did he die?"
When did who die?"
The man you went out to see;
What are you talking aboutY
well, Judging from your breath,
it must have been a spirit you saw.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-22
A LOVELY COUNTRY HONE
TO WHICH CLRVEL AND CAN RE-
TIRE FOR REST.
A Drive 10 e Through the Beau
tlful Suburbs Of Wash
ingtOn.

lcoRREsPoSDKsoE or THE APPEAL.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 20. 1887.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-22
On The Avenue.

Professional Beat--Dear boy, glad
to see you. Come and dine with me
today.
Rich Friend No, thanks. I'd
sooner lend you 81.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-22

THINK it was
Talleyrand who
said that the only
luxury which
money could buy
whose pleasure
giving qualities
were incontesti
BILE was a carriage
and horse. Few
there be, these
warm days Of
spring, who will
feel inclined to
contradict this
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-22

JeHN HAUK, OF Greenvills, o., says
L0.cu-pi.a did him more good than
any other medicine. Sold at Heister'e.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-06
To Smoke Hams.

The following humorous contribu-
ton is struggled in" without the
knowledge of the agricultural editor
First, get your hams. Second, if you have
not smoke-house make one in this manner:
Suspend the hams over a caldron kettle
and place the cobs and Goals in the kettle
beneath. 1t is well to have the building in
sured, but some who have tried this method
didn't. (They now wish they had.) Leave
a goodly quantity of Goals and cobs, to in
sure the hams being thoroughly smoked,
and go to splitting wood or piling it up.
If the wood-pile is not too far away, or you
are very swift of foot, you may secure the
hams before they are completely cooked.
They are sure to be thoroughly smoked
The building you probably will not be able
to save, but you will have the consolation
of knowing that the hams are well smoked
though it may be rather a costly method.
II. n. L.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-06

with man in blue overals and " hay
seed in his hair growing about but, as
Betsey Bobbit would say, she lacks the dig
nifty that can only be attained by having an
Mrs" prefxed to her name
Now, Mr.. Editor, If you know of an en-
terprsing young farmer who wants a help
meet know of maiden ladywho would
venture to take the risk, even though the
wash-tubs may not be stationary" and
five-sevenths of all the lunatcs and imbe-
Giles are farmers wives" Her name delicacy
forbids me to mention. SIBYL SNYDER.
We will bear Sibyl's case in mind,
but we think her little unwise in Civ
ing an account in her letter of her treat
ment of " Bricktop." 1t may tend in
some measure to discourage the enter
prising young farmer, unless he has a
decided talent and love for " breaking''
steers and colts, in which case he might
like to try his hand on more difficult
subject. Who cares TO tackle the Job =?
But there is one thing we wish to call
attention to, and that is the lack of
laborsaving machinery or conveniences
for women. There is nothing that we
know of in the homework which has
a generally accepted place, like the
mowing-machine, the horse-rake or the
seed-sower. Is it that inventive genius
has never been turned in that direction?
One can hardly think so, remembering
the number of patent washing-ma-
chimes; or is the character of the work
such that machinery cannot be advanta-
geously used?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-06
agricultural.
Catalogues.

We have received the 1887 seed cata.
logues from James j. II. Gregory
Marblehead, Mass; Parker & Wood.
Boston, Mass; Joseph Brock & Son,
Boston, Mass; w. w. Rawson, Boston,
Mass, and L. II. Read, Cabot, Vt.
WE have used Mr.. Gregory's seeds
many years, and have found them good,
true to name and every way satisfactory.
He warrants his seed, that it shall reach
the customer, and that he will receive
the money sent in payment for the
seeds.
w. w. RAwsoN & Co., the largest
market gardeners in New England,
and the successors of b. X. Bliss IL
Sons in New York and Everett e.
Gleason in Boston, issue neat and
compact catalogue. While not largely
descriptive, it is the best arranged that
we have seen, particular attention be-
ing given to their specialties.
/. H. READ, an enterprising young
farmer of Cabot, Vt, whose fine col
lection of potatoes we mentioned in
our report of the Cabot meeting, has
devoted a good deal of attention to po-
tatoes and devotes large space in his
catalogue to the description of the
thirty-six varieties he propagates. 1t
is a well-known fact that many of our
finest potatoes originated in Vermont,
and seed grown in this state should
flourish well here.
JOSEPH BRECK & Son is an old, long
established firm, and issues charming
catalogue of one hundred seventy-four
pages, with two beautifully colored
full-page plates-one of their single
dahlias and one of Delphinium
BreckU." While showing a good line
of tools and implements, they seem es-
pecially rich in the choicer, rarer
plants and shrubs. They also print a
list of books for The Farm, The Gar
den, Forest, Fruit, Poultry, etc.
PARKER & WooD issue a very hand
some and elaborate catalogue of two
hundred twenty-four pages handsomely
illustrateD of seeds, vines, shrubs and
implements, of which they have very
excellent and complete line. OF farm
ing tools, dairy implements, and in
fact everything for the garden and
lawn, there seems to be complete list.
Their reputation stands No. l, and
their customers will no doubt be given
entire satisfaction. A complete index
helps the customer in finding what he
wants.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-06
Sibyl Snyder's idea of Farmers
Wives HardshipS.

1t is characteristic of the editor, / no.
am not surprised to see him ready to shver
a lance in defence of the "long-su ffering &"
and much-abused "tiler of the soil" Nor
can 1 blame him for calling that story of the
green wood out of the snow" in her fragile
arms senseess twaddle," for it is we'll
know fact that every mothers son of 'em
have their sheds plumb full of dry wood and
a huge receptacle for the same behind the
kitchen range filed to overlooking every
night Does the farmers wife "expect the
earth?" Hasn't he saved her from being
an " old maid, and don't she have all the
turkey money" to fix up the children with
and make everything snug and tidy for
winter? What if she does not have every
convenience about the house? No more did
her grandmother. 1t will only take her a
little longer to perform her duties; and,
being true daughter of Eve, it is best she
should be kept busy, for " Satan still will
find some work for idle hands to do" and
if she had leisure, as like as any way she
would be gadding about, spinning street
yarns, like her sisters in town, and making
mischief among the neighbors | would not
advise any improvement in that quarter.
am not a farmers wife Gt is not my fault,
but my mother was, and, being raised with
the calves and pigs and poultry, ought to
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-06
Feeding Cattle.

Pertinent to the feeding of calves
comes bulletin from the New York
Experiment Station on feeding of cat
tie, all pointing to the necessity of
judgment, care and experiment in
feeding. Perhaps few of us have
studied the matter as fully and care
fully as we might and should have done
for our interest. How many of us can
tell the approximate limit of not safe,
but of profitable, feeding in the dairy,
and where the addition of concentrated
foods ceases to yield profitable return?
Here is the HomeStead'S abstract of the
report:
Apropos of our remarks on d" too rich a
feed" last week page seventy-seven), the
March bulletin from the New York Ex-
pertinent Station is of interest. 1t details
case in which cows fed upon six quarts
twice day, or twelve quarts in all, of
mixture consisting of four parts gluten
meal, two parts wheat middlings and two
parts of corn-cob meal first refused to eat,
IN tilne became VIII III appearance, Unen
dropped into spasms and finally died vio-
lent death. Careful tests were made for
poison, but none was found. DR.. Sturte-
want suggests that this quantity and quail
ity of grain contains fully twice as much
protein or heterogeneous substances as an or
binary COW ought to have daily. The
trouble is due to overlooking, just as it
hurts COW to get into the corn meal and
eat all she can. The fact that overlooking
of cottonseed- meal, gluten-meal, corn-meal
ETC., leads to bad results, is no reason why
these highly heterogeneous foods should not
be used, but it is every reason why they
should be used with caution. DR.. Sturte-
want points out that different cows vary
greatly in the amount of such rich food that
they can consume. In his own herd some
cows could be fed eight quarts daily of
cottonseed-meal without apparent injury,
yet the average feeding of this terial
could not be over two quarts day, with
other feed, without the appearance in some
animals of bad results. In this herd the
feeding of four quarts daily resulted in the
death of two animals with symptoms SINH
lar to those described. When we consider
that too rich a ration is not only harmful
but unnecessarily expensive, it will be seen
that better balanced feed is safer as well
as more profitable.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-06
Feed the Cows Well.

Some farmers and dairymen reason
that when the price of butter is low it
does not pay to feed well. They say:
There is no money in the business
any way. The cows will come out all
right in the spring, when they get on
grass" "Guess l won't put any grain
into them, and no more hay than they
will get along with" So they feed
lighter, probably do not shelter well,
and the cows give very small quantity
of poor milk, from which the women
folks can get but little butter, and that
of inferior quality. Any farmer pur-
suing this course virtually loses all the
feed he gives the cows, just as an engi-
neer would lose all the fuel he used
under the boiler if he should keep only
steam enough to move the engine, but
not enough to drive any machinery. A
certain amount of food is necessary to
maintain the life of the COW, and it is
the surplus beyond this food of main
tenance" that returns profit. Leav-
ing plows to rust out in the last furrow,
or implements to rot in the field, is not
more ruinous than half-starving cows,
under pretext that dairy products do
not bring high prices. If there is any
time when dairy cows should have good
care and good feed it is when butter is
low-priced. Farmer.